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James Johnston Blanchard (born August 8, 1942) is an American attorney, diplomat, and politician who served as the 45th governor of Michigan from 1983 to 1991. A member of the Democratic Party, Blanchard previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1983, and later as the United States Ambassador to Canada from 1993 to 1996.
The paper became the Kalamazoo Gazette in 1837. In April 2010, the Gazette announced it would pay $1,525,000 to the City of Kalamazoo to avoid lawsuits seeking $4 million in previously awarded tax breaks related to the 2002 expansion of their downtown Kalamazoo printing facility.
Kalamazoo (/ ˌ k æ l ə m ə ˈ z uː / KAL-ə-mə-ZOO) is a city in and the county seat of Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States. At the 2020 census, Kalamazoo had a population of 73,598. It is the principal city of the Kalamazoo–Portage metropolitan area in southwestern Michigan, which had a population of 261,670 in 2020.
R. James Harvey, 97, American politician and judge, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1961–1974) and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (1973–1984). [460] iNcontroL, 33, American professional StarCraft player, pulmonary embolism. [461] Peter McNamara, 64, Australian tennis player and coach, prostate ...
Michael L. Green (September 28, 1948 – March 28, 2024) was an American Republican politician from Michigan. He was a member of the State Senate, and was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives. Green was also a member of the Tuscola County Board of Commissioners, and was a tool and die maker at General Motors. He was the owner of ...
This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Michigan.It includes the year in which the men were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are men who achieved other distinctions such becoming the first in their state to graduate from law school or become a political figure.
Edna Ferber, novelist (born in Kalamazoo) Alice Fulton, short-story writer (born in Troy, New York; moved to Ypsilanti) J. Gabriel Gates, young adult and science-fiction writer (raised in Michigan) Donald Goines, novelist (born in Detroit) Jaimy Gordon, novelist (born in Baltimore, taught at Western Michigan University, lives in Kalamazoo)
On December 9, 2013, a Michigan House of Representatives Bill was announced titled the Jessica Heeringa act, or alternatively Jessica's Law (officially known as House Bill 4123). [41] It was requested by Heeringa's parents, introduced by Representative Collene Lamonte and community member Sharron Pennell and sponsored by Marcia Hovey-Wright and ...